International Organizations
WTO
World Trade Organization
Psychologist and inventor William Mouton Marston created the famous comic book heroine Wonder Woman. An early version of what machine did he also invent?
Polygraph Machine (lie detector)
A friendly, harmonious relationship
Rapport
Some old manuscripts suggest that Welsh mercenary bowmen in the medieval period wore only what?A-blue plaid kilts,B-green leather waistcoats,C-one shoe at a time,D-their wool undergarments
C- One shoe at a time
Fantasize, freak out, visualize, have visions, imagine, hear voices
Hallucinate
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
To whom did Helen Keller dedicate her autobiography?
Alexander Graham Bell
Crime fiction featuring hard-boilded cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings
Noir
In the late 1770's, what did fashionable women of Paris never go out in blustery weather without?A-a face covering,B-a lightning rod attached to their hat,C-a male escort,D-an ankle-length coat
B-A lightning rod attached to their hat
bewtich, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, intrigue, charm, spellbind
enthrall
WB
World Bank
This inventor of the first polio vaccine came out of retirement in 1987 to work on treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS.
Jonas Salk
a party or reception held in the evening
soiree
The average American owns 7 pairs of what clothing items?
Blue Jeans
song of praise, chant, hosanna, laud
alleluia (hallelujah)
UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund
William James Morrison, the inventor of the cotton candy machine, was a doctor. What kind?
Dentist
a person who establishes and maintains communication for mutual understanding and coopration
liaison
This bit of fashion was named by its designer, Louis Reard, after an atoll in the South Pacific where the US conducted nuclear testing, because he wantd it to cause a shock as big as an atom bomb.
The Bikini
courageous, heroic, noble, fearless
gallant
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
In 1934, who invented the Dymaxion, a car that could carry eleven passengers, got 30 miles per gallon and could do over 120 mph?
Buckminster Fuller
What is the French word for beautiful
Belle (feminine) Beau (masculine)
What is the most commonly used natural fiber for clothing worldwide?
Cotton
accusation, charge, claim, assertion
allegation